Gathering Whispers presents Maples Leaves + Erinn Willams (US) + Sharon Martin

Acoustic

Price: £4

Time: 7pm

Maple Leaves [GLASGOW]

Maple Leaves is Anna Miles, Julian Corrie and Graeme Thomson. They formed in Glasgow in late 2008 at an Open Mic night, realising their mutual love for story songs and catchy melodies.The band was recently selected from thousands of bands to play at this year"s T in the Park Festival 2009 in Balado, Kinross and were subsequently featured on BBC Three. They"ve also been played on Vic Galloway"s "Scotland Introducing" show (BBC Radio 1); "Jim Gellatly"s New Music" (Radio Magnetic); "Rapal" (BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal) and "Glasgow Podcart" Podcast.

The band were also recently selected to be part of the Scottish Arts Council"s Bands Demo Fund, and recorded some new tracks in Chemikal Underground"s Chem 19 studios in November. These tracks will be released as a single in the new year.

In the meantime, Anna can be heard singing on Belle and Sebastian"s "God Help The Girl" album with Stuart Murdoch, and Julian can be found making electronica as Miaoux Miaoux. Despite the name, Maple Leaves are not in fact Canadian, and hail from Newcastle upon Tyne, London and Kirkintiloch respectively.


"Maple Leaves blend folk sensibilities with what seems to be genuine happiness...their affinity, if only by name, with an object that naturally flows in the breeze serves as the perfect moniker to their bright and charming style" - The List (Ryan Drever)


"...As with all good compilations, you need to start with a bang. Or in Maple Leaves" case a massive aural hug. The Glasgow trio..produce summery, three-minute folk-pop songs that pay homage to their heroes, The Shins, and should kick off [T in the Park] in sun-kissed fashion." - Sunday Herald (Edd McCracken)

"Achingly sweet indie-pop with boy-girl harmonies" - The Scotsman (Nick Mitchell)

"Not every three-piece can make such a big, voluptuous sound, and it’s their sheer musicality that does it for me every time....this is a band capable of taking us back to the roots of music, much like Belle & Sebastian once did". - Under The Radar (Claire Sinclair)


Erinn Williams [USA]

Erinn Williams is an American singer songwriter that will be joining us all the way from Los Angeles as part of her current UK tour. Her unique blend of folk and electronica calls to mind Bjork and Portishead.


Sharon Martin [GLASGOW]

Sharon Martin is an Scottish ex-model and now full time singer/songwriter from Glasgow, UK. She has been writing and performing for over 10 years as a solo artist and as lead vocalist in bands including Handsome Dan, The Kingfishers and more recently as frontwoman for Grammy winning record producer Stephen Lironi"s latest project, Flesh.

www.myspace.com/mapleleavesmusic
www.myspace.com/erinn
www.myspace.com/glasgowiamsam

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